Abbraccio
The iconic swirl
Danhōv · Los Angeles · Est. 1984
One ring. One pair of hands.
For four decades, every Danhōv engagement ring has been drawn, bent, and set by hand in Los Angeles. No molds. No assembly line. One quiet obsession with the diamond at the center.
A Danhōv ring is not manufactured. It is made, so the only thing you ever notice is the stone at its center.
Khajag "Jack" Hovsepian · Founder & Designer
The Abbraccio · rose gold & pavé
The Signature
The Abbraccio.
The Abbraccio.
Our embrace.
Two ribbons of precious metal wind around a single diamond and refuse to let go. It is the curve that became Danhōv's fingerprint, the reason a ring is recognized across a room before the name is ever spoken.
Drawn by Jack, bent at the bench, finished by the same hands that began it.
OriginLos Angeles
MethodBy hand
Per designOne bride
The Bench · Cahuenga Boulevard
No molds.
One bench.
Most rings are poured into a cast and multiplied. A Danhōv ring is built the slow way: wire is shaped, prongs are raised, each stone is set under a loupe by a person who will sign their work.
It is why no two feel identical, and why the maker can tell you exactly how yours came to be.
- 01Designed in-houseEvery silhouette drawn by Jack before a single gram of gold is touched.
- 02Hand-assembledBuilt one ring at a time. No production line, no shortcuts.
- 03Set under the loupeThe center stone placed to catch and hold the light from every angle.
The Collections
Fourteen families, one philosophy. Each begins with a different idea of how a band should hold a diamond.
Carezza
Micro prongs, a suspended stone
Per Lei
An inverted arc, made for her
Eleganza
Crisscrossing prongs
Unito
Double-wire shanks
Voltaggio
The tension setting
Classico
The timeless solitaire
Drag to explore07 families
Worn close · the everyday band
Photographed at home, not in a case
Per Lei & Classico · white gold
A ring should be worn, not displayed. Ours are built to live on a hand for fifty years.
The Arrival
It arrives the way it was made.
The box is not an afterthought. It is the first quiet moment before the question, the silver hush that holds forty years of intention.
Open it slowly. There is only one thing inside, and it was made for exactly one person.
VogueHarper's BazaarWWDBridesWho What Wear
1984
One designer. Four decades.
Jack Hovsepian grew up watching his father, a haute couture fashion designer, build beauty by hand. In 1984 he opened a workshop in Los Angeles and applied the same discipline to a smaller canvas: the engagement ring.
He still designs every Danhōv piece himself. The workshop has never bought a mold.
Designed & handmade in Los Angeles
Private Appointments
Begin your ring.
Tell us a little about the person you are doing this for. A Danhōv designer will reach out personally to begin the conversation, by video, by phone, or in the Los Angeles atelier.